Posts by Uniontown Poultry

You may have to put the food in his mouth, close it, and rub under his beak until it goes down. Using chopsticks to poke it down may help. It is a totally frustrating experience - I know. Good luck!

This is fairly common - you can just trim the beak with nail clippers, taking off only a tiny bit. The beak contains a lot of nerve endings, and you can hurt your rooster and he can bleed everywhere if you "quick" him trimming his...

This will sound dumb, but did you check the bottoms of her feet for bumblefoot? My rooster started laying down a lot, not being so active, and it turned out he had bumblefoot on both feet, but after we did his surgery, and it healed,...

Just treat the affected chick. The head shaking, neck stretching suggest neurological problems, which are more common in crested breeds. My sister raises Polish and Houdans and it seems in every batch there is at least one that shakes...

If you cannot get your hands on poultry electrolytes (such as Sav-a-Chick), I did find this recipe on the boards for a homemade poultry electrolyte:   ETA: I have converted the above electrolyte "recipe" for you (is not EXACT...

Get some poultry electrolytes in him, even if you have to use an oral syringe to do so, or poke balls of electrolyte-soaked bread down its throat. It's critically important to keep them hydrated - dehydration can lead to loss of...

The laying down on the side with the wing extended out is a pose they often do while they are sunbathing, but it could be other things, too. Can she walk? If she waddles when she walks, or walks stiffly and upright, these are signs of...

sounds like vent gleet. If she puts apple cider vinegar (ACV) at rate of 2 - 4 Tbs. per gallon in the water, this should help. Some chickens just have poop that sticks on them. My old Delaware hen's like this, and the ACV clears her up...

Sounds like spraddle leg to me. I have saved many a chick w/ this & got them walking again, and I've lost several that got to me too late & their tissues were already too far set in the wrong position to fix. The older they are...

NPIP tests for 5 things: avian influenza (AI), pullorum, typhoid, salmonella, and mycoplasma. Legally, if you ship birds or eggs, you are supposed to be NPIP certified, but no one checks.